Completely different company than the one a year ago. - Analyst Forcepoint Employee Review

1.0
Feb 21, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Amazing co-workers at all low levels -Pays well

Cons

-Management leaves much to be desired The company was bought by Francisco Partners over a year ago and along with it came a new management team. The new management team is focused majorly on cutting costs. Leading to no raises last year and delayed raises this year despite increasing YoY revenue by more than 5% every single year. Bonuses were delayed but only brought back after major backlash. All major company events have been cancelled. -Entirely new systems and software New systems have been implemented that focus on micromanaging everyone through a database. Most jobs now take hours instead of minutes due to inefficiencies in the new system. -No growth opportunity Everybody is so busy cleaning up the new system messes that there is no opportunity for growth here in the next 2 years.

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Forcepoint Response
3y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your candid feedback and take your concerns seriously. The culture of Forcepoint is evolving and everyone has an active role in that – it’s a critical part of our business. We endeavor to not only improve our culture, but our product, strategy and priorities as well. We’re crafting a culture more attuned and inclusive of the passions, perspectives, and potentials of everyone. We welcome your feedback and the opportunity to address it, please feel free to reach out to the HR team at any time to let us know your thoughts.

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5.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

To see the evolution of Forcepoint over the last few years has been impressive. We continue to grow and invest in our company and people. I feel as if I make an impact in the company and always feel appreciated. Forcepoint is a great place to excel. Our CEO personally cares about the success of the people and company.

Cons

Fast paced environment, strategy changes as the market changes. fun but can be hard for some.

3.0
Apr 17, 2026
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Pros

Remote friendly. Good culture depending on the team.

Cons

I am making $185k total comp as a basic Marketing Manager. Not even a 'Senior' Manager, but just your basic peasant-class Manager. How can I be making as much money (or more) than some of the Forcepoint staff lawyers, more money than some junior-level medical doctors, but my job title is equivalent to that of some recent college grad? This matters because my job is Director-level in everything but title only. All my KPI's, performance reviews, and work, is at the Director level. But because I am a basic manager, some of my peers treat me as if I am 23 years old making $70k/yr with bare bones KPI's. This creates an awkward situation because I am paid more than many colleagues who have more senior job titles than me. But since we do not openly discuss salary, my peers do not know this and think my KPI's are basic, when really I have much higher KPIs than colleagues with more senior job titles It is silly that some peers are making 20-30% less than me, but have more senior job titles just because of tenure - which is a meaningless indicator of performance.

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Forcepoint Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us and we aim to use insight from current and former employees to continuously improve. Please feel free to reach out to a member of HR or the Leadership Team if you would like to share more feedback directly.
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